Coronation Ceremony & Gifts

[kaolinandbone]

The gentle but insistent tink-tink-tink of a silver spoon against a teacup carries through the crowd, followed by a clear, confident voice as Lioncourt addresses the gathered guests.

"Ladies, gentlemen, and other various but no less incomparable sentients, the main event of the party will begin shortly. If you have a coronation present for the Lady Lioncourt and have not yet placed on the central table, please do so now: everyone is likewise encouraged to take a seat on one of the benches if they wish to observe the ceremony."

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Re: Presents!

[kaolinandbone]

Lioncourt shares a smile with her fellow doctor.

"Thank you. As I said before, I can always use more books."

She sets the books aside and goes on to her next gift.

Re: Presents!

[kelardry]

There is a large metal box, inlaid with swirls of metal fading from blue to purple. There are two latches visible on one side of the top, and a hinge visible on the other.

Re: Presents!

[kaolinandbone]

Lioncourt unlatches the box, and then carefully opens it, taking a moment to appreciate the artistry in the metal.

Re: Presents!

[kelardry]

There are many fist-sized spheres of glass in various shades of blue, purple, and clear, some of which are hollow. All are visibly held down by a fine metal net attached to each of the sides of the box by a series of slightly more complicated latches.

A three-dimensional shape, projected by light from the edges of the box's top, appears in the air, full of characters and dots, which are connected by variously shaped lines. Thanks to the translation effect implemented by Astra, this is comprehensible as a note, reading:

>Queen Lioncourt,
Congratulations about your Coronation! I have the hope that these will be useful to you. They have an upward force equal to the downward force of a sphere of non-magical glass that has the same amount of material. Some have hollowness and twist open to contain things, and some have small rings to attach to things. I give a recommendation against opening the net outside, as they would float away, but they can have usefulness for lifting small things, and can have vertical stillness in the air if they hold something of equal downward weight.
With sincerity,
< Lantern

Re: Presents!

[kaolinandbone]

Lioncourt smiles, and pulls one of the glass balls out of its confinement. Her hand slips on the slick glass, and it falls - upward. Lioncourt blinks as it misses her face by about an inch, then launches herself after it, a suggestion of batlike wings flaring behind her as she leaps into flight.

A moment later, she descends gracefully back to the floor, glass sphere in hand.

"I was expecting that to move... differently. A very interesting gift! I can certainly think of uses to put these to."

She carefully returns the glass to its net, and reseals the box: you can't be too careful.